Sydney J. Harris

We can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure.

Sydney J. Harris

We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions.

Sydney J. Harris

You may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a realist he is preparing to do something that he is secretly ashamed of doing.

Sydney J. Harris

All love relationships are controlled by an element of fear – that of acting, or becoming, unworthy of the loved one’s approbation.

Sydney J. Harris

Any creed whose basic doctrines do not include respect for the creeds of others, is simply power politics masquerading as philosophy.

Sydney J. Harris

Being able to do exactly as one pleases is the surest way to remain perpetually unpleased.

Sydney J. Harris

Being yourself is not remaining where you are, or being satisfied with what you are. It is the point of departure.

Sydney J. Harris

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.

Sydney J. Harris

Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.

Sydney J. Harris

Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.

Sydney J. Harris